Air exhausting mechanism for mobile illuminating lighthouse

ABSTRACT

An air exhausting mechanism for a mobile illuminating light tower includes a cooler, an air discharge hood, and a fan. The cooler and the air discharge hood are respectively disposed on two sides of a rear canopy panel. The cooler is mounted on a bottom plate, and is located on the inner side of the rear canopy panel. The air discharge hood is fixedly mounted on the outer side of the rear canopy panel. The cooler is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet. An air exhausting groove is formed in the rear canopy panel. The fan is disposed at the air inlet of the cooler. The air exhausting groove is opposite to the air outlet. The air discharge hood covers the air exhausting groove, and the bottom of the air discharge hood is open. The mobile illuminating light tower is safe and environmentally friendly.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present patent application relates to a mobile illuminating lighttower, and more particularly, to an air exhausting mechanism for amobile illuminating light tower.

BACKGROUND

A mobile illuminating light tower is used for road illuminating,industrial-place illuminating, flood illuminating of building exteriorsand for commercial illuminating and industrial illuminating outdoors.

The generator set of the mobile illuminating light tower is installed inthe vehicle body. Heat will be generated when the generator set works,and the heat in the vehicle body needs to be discharged. At present, themethod to provide an air exhausting groove on the canopy panel of thevehicle body to facilitate the ventilation of the interior of thevehicle body so as to discharge the heat is usually adopted. Several airexhausting grooves are usually respectively provided on the front canopypanel and the rear canopy panel for heat dissipation in order to enhanceair flow inside the vehicle body, and in order to accelerate heatdissipation, forced convection is usually carried out by a fan todischarge the hot air from the air exhausting grooves on the rear canopypanel.

Since the hot air is directly discharged and the safety of the operatorwill also be affected, it is necessary to avoid the air exhausting areaas much as possible during use.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In order to solve the above problems, the present patent applicationprovides an air exhausting mechanism for a mobile illumination lighttower to achieve safe exhausting of the hot air in the vehicle body andensure the safety of the operator.

To achieve the above objectives, the air exhausting mechanism for amobile illuminating light tower of the present patent applicationcomprises a cooler, an air discharge hood and a fan, the cooler and theair discharge hood being respectively disposed on two sides of a rearcanopy panel of the mobile illuminating light tower, the cooler beingmounted on a bottom plate of the mobile illuminating light tower andlocated on an inner side of the rear canopy panel, the air dischargehood being fixedly mounted on an outer side of the rear canopy panel;the cooler being provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, an airexhausting groove being formed in the rear canopy panel, the fan beingdisposed at the air inlet of the cooler, the position of the airexhausting groove being opposite to the air outlet; the air dischargehood covering the air exhausting groove, and a bottom of the airdischarge hood being open.

Preferably, the cooler is fixed to the bottom plate by a mountingbracket.

Preferably, a silencing layer is laid on an inner wall of the airdischarge hood.

Preferably, the silencing layer is composed of silencing cotton.

Preferably, an elastic spacer is disposed between the air discharge hoodand the rear canopy panel.

The air exhausting mechanism for the mobile illuminating light tower ofthe present patent application changes an air exhausting direction todownward air exhausting via the air exhausting hood, thereby avoidingthe safety impact of the direct air exhausting on the operator;discharges the hot air in the vehicle body of the mobile illuminatinglight tower outside the vehicle body after the hot air is cooled by thecooler, and a silencing layer is provided in the air exhausting hood toreduce the noise, so that the mobile illuminating light tower is moreenvironmentally friendly and meets the requirements of hot airexhausting and noise level. By using the air exhausting mechanism for amobile illuminating light tower of the present patent application, themobile illuminating light tower has the advantages of being safe andenvironmentally friendly and the like.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The disclosure of the present patent application will become moreapparent from the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that thedrawings are merely schematic and are not drawn to scale nor intended tolimit the scope of the patent application, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a mobile illuminating light tower havingthe air exhausting mechanism for a mobile illuminating light tower ofthe present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the mobile illumination light tower inanother perspective corresponding to FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the front and rear canopy panels removedfrom the mobile illuminating light tower in FIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the air discharge hood.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Specific embodiments of the present invention will be described indetail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, an air exhausting mechanism for a mobileilluminating light tower of the present patent application comprises acooler 10, an air discharge hood 20, and a fan 30. The cooler 10 and theair discharge hood 20 are respectively disposed on two sides of a rearcanopy panel 110 of the mobile illuminating light tower. The cooler 10is mounted on a bottom plate 100 of the mobile illuminating light towerand located on an inner side of the rear canopy panel 110. The airdischarge hood 20 is fixedly mounted on an outer side of the rear canopypanel 110. The cooler 10 is preferably fixed to the bottom plate 100 bya mounting bracket 11. The mounting bracket 11 and the rear canopy panel100 may be fixed together, or the mounting bracket 11 and the rearcanopy panel 100 may be respectively fixed on the bottom plate 100.

The cooler 10 has an air inlet and an air outlet (not shown). An airexhausting groove (not shown) is formed in the rear canopy panel 110. Anair exhausting groove 121 formed in the front canopy panel 120 is shownin FIG. 3. The structure of the air exhausting groove formed in the rearcanopy panel 110 is the same as that of the air exhausting groove 121formed in the front canopy panel 120. The structure of the airexhausting groove can be that multiple air exhausting grooves arearranged up and down. The fan 30 is disposed at the air inlet of thecooler 10, and the position of the air exhausting groove is opposite tothe air outlet, for discharging, via the air exhausting groove, airdischarged from the air outlet outside a vehicle body of the mobileilluminating light tower. After the hot air in the vehicle body iscooled by the cooler 10, it exits from the air outlet and is dischargedoutside the vehicle body via the air exhausting groove. The fan 30 canaccelerate the discharge of the hot air in the vehicle body. The hot airis discharged after being cooled by the cooler 10, thereby avoiding sideeffects on the surrounding environment. The fan 30 here may be a fanself-contained by an engine of a generator set 101, or the fan 30 may beseparately provided to enhance air exhausting.

The air discharge hood 20 covers the air exhausting groove, and a bottom21 of the air discharge hood 20 is open. The air discharge hood 20 cancause the air discharged from the air exhausting groove to be dischargedfrom the bottom of the air discharge hood 20, so as to avoid airexhausting being directly facing the human body and ensure the safety ofan operator. The air discharge hood 20 covers the air exhausting groove,which can further prevent dust and the like from entering the vehiclebody through the air exhausting groove.

There is a corresponding noise level requirement when the mobileilluminating light tower is used. Since noise will be generated when airexhausting is directly facing the air discharge hood 20, a silencinglayer 22 is laid on an inner wall of the air discharge hood 20 in orderto reduce the noise. The silencing layer 22 is composed of silencingcotton, and the silencing cotton is attached to the inner wall of theair discharge hood 20.

An elastic spacer (not shown) is disposed between the air discharge hood20 and the rear canopy panel 110, which can reduce vibration of the airdischarge hood 20 due to air exhausting and thus prevent the airdischarge hood from being damaged because of the vibration whilereducing the noise.

As described above, exemplary embodiments of the present patentapplication have been described in detail with reference to theaccompanying drawings. It should be understood that it is not intendedto limit the scope of the present patent application by these specificdetails. Equivalent or similar changes may be made to the structures andfeatures of the exemplary embodiments without departing from the spiritand scope of the present invention, and these changes will also fallwithin the scope of the appended claims of the present patentapplication.

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 6. An air exhausting mechanism for a mobileilluminating light tower, comprising a cooler, an air discharge hood anda fan, the cooler and the air discharge hood being respectively providedon two sides of a rear canopy panel of the mobile illuminating lighttower, the cooler being mounted on a bottom plate of the mobileilluminating light tower and located on an inner side of the rear canopypanel, the air discharge hood being fixedly mounted on an outer side ofthe rear canopy panel; the cooler being provided with an air inlet andan air outlet, an air exhausting groove being formed in the rear canopypanel, the fan being provided at the air inlet of the cooler, theposition of the air exhausting groove being opposite to the air outlet;the air discharge hood covering the air exhausting groove, and a bottomof the air discharge hood being open.
 7. The air exhausting mechanismfor a mobile illuminating light tower according to claim 6, wherein thecooler is fixed to the bottom plate by a mounting bracket.
 8. The airexhausting mechanism for a mobile illuminating light tower according toclaim 6, wherein a silencing layer is laid on an inner wall of the airdischarge hood.
 9. The air exhausting mechanism for a mobileilluminating light tower according to claim 8, wherein the silencinglayer is composed of silencing cotton.
 10. The air exhausting mechanismfor a mobile illuminating light tower according to claim 6, wherein anelastic spacer is disposed between the air discharge hood and the rearcanopy panel.